The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) to support United Nations Member States, UNOOSA said. The cooperation will help to make the benefits of space technologies available to everyone on a global scale.
Read More »Register Today For Our Space Café Germany by Markus Mooslechner On 25 March 2022
In diesem Space Café Germany spricht Dr.-Ing. Ernst Pfeiffer, Geschäftsführer der HPS High Performance Space Structure Systems GmbH und Sprecher des Deutschen Mittelstandsverbandes, mit Gastmoderator Markus Mooslechner, Executive Producer und Autor bei Terra Mater Studios, sowie Host der Space Café Podcasts.
Read More »Space Café BeNeLux Recap: Dr. Mindy Howard on spiral dynamics, space, spirituality, and the dream of becoming the innkeeper at hotel space!
Dr. Mindy Howard is a Future Astronaut, Astronaut Trainer and TEDx & Keynote Speaker. She has harnessed her academic and professional skills to create the first and only psychological space training program, “Inner Space Training”. She is in discussions with several organizations to train, coach, and accompany commercial astronauts to space.
Read More »Register Today For Our Space Café “33 minutes with Dr. Josef Aschbacher” On 22 March 2022
This 100th episode of Space Café WebTalk will feature Dr. Josef Aschbacher, Director General at the European Space Agency (ESA), in conversation with Torsten Kriening, publisher of SpaceWatch.Global. Ambitions for the future of Europe in Space - Agenda 2025
Read More »Happy International Women’s Day 2022
The entire team of SpaceWatch.Global wishes Happy International Women's Day to all the amazing women in the global space sector! Your achievements and leadership inspire us every day. Thank you. We also like to say thank you to all the powerful women that make our work at SpaceWatch.Global possible day-by-day. We admire your creativity, your editorial style,
Read More »Space4Impact launches free online New Space Economy course
Space4Impact, EPFL’s Space Center eSpace, E2MC Ventures, and Space Innovation joined forces to launch an online course on the New Space Economy, hosted on edX, Space4Impact announced. The program is already available as a free EPFLx course. There are over 30 video lectures accessible for those who want to learn.
Read More »Dr. Jan Wörner and Kevin O’Connell join EnduroSat’s Advisory Board
Two people have joined EnduroSat’s Advisory Board: Dr. Jan Wörner, to help in scaling the company’s space service and Kevin O’Connell to guide the deployment of the next generation space infrastructure, EnduroSat said. Dr. Wörner’s has previously had the role of chairman of the DLR’s (German Aerospace Center) executive board and was Jean-Jacques Dordain’s successor as Director General of ESA.
Read More »UK stake in OneWeb no guarantee for UK production
Bharti Enterprises, OneWeb’s largest shareholder said that bringing manufacturing into the UK would be problematic, despite the government’s ambitions to stimulate a domestic space industry. Sunil Bharti Mittal, chair of Bharti Enterprises, said that they would encourage the winner of the contract for OneWeb’s second-generation satellites to manufacture in the UK but there were no guarantees.
Read More »DLR terminates bilateral cooperation with Russia
One of the largest research organisations in Europe, the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) condemned Russia's hostile actions towards Ukraine and announced ceasing all collaboration activities with Russian institutions. DLR employs staff from 96 different countries and is committed to engaging in international cooperation to benefit the industry.
Read More »Dr. Valanathan Munsami is appointed new ISU Chancellor
Dr. Valanathan Munsami will be the International Space University’s (ISU) new honorary Chancellor, with a three-year mandate, the institute said. The ISU Chancellor is a representative of the university who participates in convocations, delivers special lectures, and advises the ISU President.
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